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Dolmen Press Collection, Financial Series

Finding Aid & Inventory

This series consists of bank files, invoices, journals, ledgers, receipts, reports and other information relating to the financial operations of the Dolmen Press.

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Biographical and Historical Note

The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Founded to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poetry, the Press also heavily featured the work of Irish artists. The scope of the press grew to include prose literature by Irish authors as well as a broad range of critical works about Irish literature and theater. The life and works of W.B. Yeats is a recurring theme in a variety of works, including the Yeats Centenary Series. One highlight in the Press' history was the publication of The Tain in 1969. Thomas Kinsella's translation of the Irish epic poem took 15 years from concept to publication and represented a milestone in Irish publishing. By the 1980s the Press had created the Brogeen Books division for juvenile works, and many of the later publications were under this imprint.

Collection Overview

This series consists of bank files, invoices, journals, ledgers, receipts, reports and other information relating to the financial operations of the Dolmen Press. Some original ledgers of the Dun Emer and Cuala Presses are also included. The documents range in date from 1942 to 1986, with the bulk of the documents dating from the 1960s to mid-1980s.

Collection Inventory

Banks (1961-1981)
- Allied Irish Banks Limited
  - Correspondence box 113 folder 9
  - Statements, passbooks folder 10
  - Cancelled checks
    - 1972 box 114 folder 1
    - 1973 folder 2
    - 1974 folder 3
    - 1975 folder 4
    - 1976 folder 5
    - 1977 folder 6
    - 1978 folder 7
    - 1979 folder 8
    - 1980 folder 9
    - 1981 folder 10
  - Check stubs
    - 1972-1974 folder 11
    - 1974-1977 folder 12
    - 1977-1979 folder 13
    - 1979-1981 folder 14
  - Deposit books folder 15
- Barclays Bank folder 16
- First National City Bank box 115 folder 1
- Munster and Leinster Bank
  - Correspondence, statements folder 2
  - Checks, checkbooks, check stubs folder 3
- National Bank of Ireland folder 4
- Royal Bank of Ireland folder 5
Invoices (1942-1986)
- A. Armstrong and Co. Ltd. folder 6
- Abbey Delivery Service folder 7
- Aer Lingus folder 8
- AKA Print Ltd. folder 9
- Alliance and Dublin Consumers' Gas Co. folder 10
- Allied Irish Leasing Limited folder 11
- Anderson, Richard folder 12
- Associated Printing Inks Ltd. folder 13
- Avery Self-Adhesive Labels and Systems folder 14
- Bailey Gibson Ltd. folder 15
- Bainisteoir na gCuntas Telefon folder 16
- Beacon Printing Company Ltd. folder 17
- Book Centre Limited folder 18
- Books Ireland folder 19
- British and Irish Steam Packet Company folder 20
- British Railways Board folder 21
- Brittains-Arborfield Limited folder 22
- Brown and Nolan Limited folder 23
- Brunswick Press Limited folder 24
- Bryan S. Ryan folder 25
- Burmah-Castrol Limited folder 26
- Cahill Limited
  - 1965-1977 folder 27
  - 1978-1981 folder 28
- Capital Paper Company folder 29
- Capital Spicers Ltd. folder 30
- Celloglass Eireann folder 31
- Cerdac Limited folder 32
- Charles Chambers Ltd. folder 33
- C.I.E. Passenger Division folder 34
- Clondalkin Paper Mills Limited folder 35
- Coates of Ireland Limited folder 36
- Compton Press Ltd. folder 37
- Copysavers folder 38
- Coras Iompir Eireann folder 39
- Coras Trachtala folder 40
- Coyle Hamilton folder 41
- Croda Inks Ireland Ltd. folder 42
- D. O'Sullivan Print Supplies Ltd. folder 43
- Dammers and Van der Heides Co. folder 44
- Data Protection Systems Ltd. folder 45
- Des Joyce folder 46
- Drimnagh Paper Mills Limited folder 47
- Dublin Box Co. Ltd box 116 folder 1
- Dublin Maritime Ltd. folder 2
- Dublin Office Equipment Co. Ltd. folder 3
- Eason and Son folder 4
- Educational Company of Ireland folder 5
- E.K.M. Investment Company folder 6
- Electrical Services Ltd. folder 7
- Electricity Supply Board
  - 1966-1972 folder 8
  - 1973-1978 folder 9
- Eric N. Webb and Co. Ltd. folder 10
- Eric W. Massey Ltd. folder 11
- European Books Service folder 12
- Forwarding Services Ltd. folder 13
- Foster Finance Limited folder 14
- Frank Grunfeld Sales Ltd. folder 15
- Fry's Metals Ltd.
  - 1968-1971 folder 16
  - 1972-1977 folder 17
  - 1978-1980 folder 18
- Gailearai Naisiunta na hEireann folder 19
- Gerrard and Hughes Ltd. folder 20
- Gestetner Duplicators Ltd. folder 21
- Gill and Macmillan folder 22
- Green Studio Limited folder 23
- H. Williams folder 24
- Hamilton Leasing Ltd. folder 25
- Harris Intertype Limited folder 26
- Hayward Company Ltd. folder 27
- Hely Chambers Ltd. folder 28
- Hely Thom Limited folder 29
- Henry Z. Walck Inc. folder 30
- Hibernia folder 31
- Hire-Purchase Company folder 32
- Hodges, Figgis and Co. folder 33
- Huet Motors Limited folder 34
- IBM folder 35
- Independent Newspapers Holdings Limited folder 36
- Indiana University Press folder 37
- Initial Services Limited folder 38
- Instamatic Printing Limited folder 39
- Iona Print Ltd. folder 40
- Ireland. Dept. of Posts and Telegraphs folder 41
- Irish Book Publishers' Association folder 42
- Irish Bookhandling Limited folder 43
- Irish Elsevier Printers Ltd. folder 44
- Irish Label and Packaging Ltd. folder 45
- Irish Merchants Limited folder 46
- Irish Papers Limited folder 47
- Irish Photo Engraving Co. Ltd.
  - (1953-1978) box 117 folder 1
  - (1978-1981) box 117 folder 2
- Irish Press Limited box 117 folder 3
- Irish Printers Ltd. folder 4
- Irish Printing Federation folder 5
- Irish Printing Services Ltd. folder 6
- Irish Sewing Ltd. folder 7
- Irish Shipping Ltd. folder 8
- Irish Time Systems Ltd. folder 9
- Irish Times Limited folder 10
- Irish University Press folder 11
- James McNaughton Paper Group folder 12
- J. Barcham, Green and Company Ltd. folder 13
- Jarlath Hayes Graphic Design folder 14
- J.E. Telford folder 15
- John-David Biggs Photography Ltd. folder 16
- John F. Newman and Son Ltd. folder 17
- John Heyer (Paper) Ltd. folder 18
- Joyce Dawson folder 19
- Kearns, Hugh folder 20
- Koningsveld and Zoon Limited folder 21
- Leahy Transport folder 22
- Leinster Express Ltd. folder 23
- Leinstorferry folder 24
- Lennox folder 25
- LEP Ltd. folder 26
- Linotype and Machinery Limited folder 27
- LS Dixon folder 28
- Mahons Printing Works folder 29
- Manpower folder 30
- McCarthy Bros. Ltd. folder 31
- Midland Stationery folder 32
- Miller Typesetting and Process Services Ltd. folder 33
- Milton Limited folder 34
- M-K Shipping Ltd. folder 35
- Museum Bookbindings folder 36
- National Engraving Co. Ltd.
  - (1967-1968) folder 37
  - (1969 January-June) folder 38
  - (1969-1972 July) folder 39
- N. Elzas and Zonen Ltd. folder 40
- O'Connor, Paddy folder 41
- Office of the Revenue Commissioners folder 42
- Osborn, Catherine folder 43
- Palgrave Murphy Limited folder 44
- Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker and Sohne folder 45
- Parson folder 46
- Patternprint folder 47
- P. Faulkner and Sons Limited folder 48
- Pike, Brigid folder 49
- Platecraft Ltd. folder 50
- Powers, Eileen folder 51
- Process Company Ltd. folder 52
- Process Services Limited
  - (1971-1972) box 117 folder 53
  - (1973) box 118 folder 1
  - (1974) folder 2
  - (1975) folder 3
  - (1976-1979) folder 4
- Punch and Co. Ltd. box 118 folder 5
- Pym Randall Press folder 6
- R.A. Burke Limited folder 7
- Rank Xerox folder 8
- Redsetter Ltd. folder 9
- Ryder and Sons Ltd. folder 10
- S and W Woolfson folder 11
- Santry Engineering Company folder 12
- Scanlith Services Limited folder 13
- Sellotape Products Ltd. folder 14
- Spicers
  - (1955-1956 and 1965-1969) box 118 folder 15
  - (1970-1979) box 118 folder 16
- Sprint Instant Print box 118 folder 17
- Stewart and Curry Limited folder 18
- Swiftbrook Paper Mills folder 19
- Talbot Press folder 20
- Tom Lally Design folder 21
- Tommy McCann folder 22
- T.Q. Paper Ltd. folder 23
- Transatlantic Book Service Ltd. folder 24
- Trans World Airlines folder 25
- Verbiage folder 26
- Walter Nash and Co. Ltd. folder 27
- Weald Publishing Agency folder 28
- Whitney, Moore and Keller folder 29
- Wigging Teape Ltd. folder 30
- Wilkes-Cerdac folder 31
- William Miller and Sons Ltd. folder 32
- Winterbottom Products Ltd. folder 33
- Wm. O'Brien Ltd. folder 34
- Writers Week Listowel folder 35
- Yendall and Co. folder 36
- Zanders folder 37
- Miscellaneous
  - (1951-1958) folder 3
  - (1962-1969) folder 4
  - 1970-1971 folder 5
  - 1972-1976 folder 6
  - 1977-1978 folder 7
  - 1979 folder 8
  - 1980-1981 folder 9
  - 1982 folder 10
  - undated folder 11
Journals (1905-1982)
- Cash receipts
  - (1966-1967) folder 12
  - (1975-1979) folder 13
- Dun Emer/Cuala Press folder 14
- Cuala press folder 15
- Invoices folder 16
- Petty cash
  - 1965-1968 folder 17
  - 1965-1969 folder 18
  - 1972 folder 19
  - 1982 folder 20
- Wages books folder 21
Ledgers (1967-1980)
- (1967-1969) box 120 folder 1
- (1969-1971)
  - A-F box 120 folder 2
  - G-M folder 3
  - S-Z folder 4
- (1970-1971)
  - A-M box 120 folder 5
  - N-Z folder 6
- (1971-1972) box 120 folder 7-8
- 9-12 (1972-1973) box 120 folder 9-12
- 1972-1976 folder 13
- 1972-1977 folder 14
- 1973-1979 box 121 folder 1
- (1974-1977)
  - A-M box 121 folder 2
  - N-Z folder 3
- (1975-1978) box 121 folder 4
- 1976-1978 folder 5
- 1978-1980 folder 6
Receipts (1969-1977)
- Book sales
  - (1969) box 121 folder 7
  - 1972 folder 8
  - 1973-1974 folder 9
  - (1975)
    - (January-August) box 121 folder 10
    - (September-December) box 121 folder 11
  - (1976)
    - (January) box 121 folder 12
    - (February-March) box 121 folder 13
    - (April-May) box 121 folder 14
    - (June-September) box 121 folder 15
    - (October-December) box 121 folder 16
  - (1977)
    - (January-February) box 122 folder 1
    - (March-April) box 122 folder 2
    - (May-June) box 122 folder 3
    - (July-August) box 122 folder 4
    - (September-October) box 122 folder 5
    - (November-December) box 122 folder 6
- Parcel post certificate books
  - (1976-1977) box 122 folder 7
  - (1977-1978) box 122 folder 8
  - (1978) box 122 folder 9
  - (1978-1979) box 122 folder 10
- Petty cash vouchers
  - 1970 folder 11
  - 1971 folder 12
  - 1972 folder 13
  - 1973 folder 14
  - 1974 folder 15
  - 1975 folder 16
  - 1976 box 123 folder 1
  - 1977 folder 2
  - 1978 folder 3
  - 1979 folder 4
  - 1981 folder 5
- Stamp dockets folder 6
- Miscellaneous folder 7
Reports (1972-1977)
- Budgets box 123 folder 8
- Cash flow projections folder 9
- Financial reports folder 10
- Sales folder 11
Taxes (1967-1977)
- Correspondence box 123 folder 12
- Blank forms and booklets folder 13
- Receipts and completed forms folder 14
Miscellaneous (1940-1980)
- Cuala notebooks box 123 folder 15
- 16-19 Financial documents and notes box 123 folder 16-19
Oversize Ledgers (1940-1980)
- Oversize ledgers box 124
- Oversize ledger box 125 folder 1

Summary Information

Repository: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title: Dolmen Press Collection, Financial Series
ID: MS1004
Date [inclusive]: 1942-1986
Extent: 15.6 Linear Feet 12 record cartons
Mixed Materials [box]: 119

Administrative Information

Publication Information: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for use.
Copyright Notice: Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law.
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], MS 1004, Dolmen Press Collection, Financial Series, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

Cuala Press

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